Vocab 1 Flashcards

1
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Embark

A

go on board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle.

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2
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fend

A

look after

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3
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Vice versa

A

with the main items in the preceding statement the other way around

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4
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Rubble

A

waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings.

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5
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teem

A

be full of or swarming with

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6
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Vie

A

compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something.

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7
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Blase

A

unimpressed or indifferent to something because one has experienced or seen it so often before.

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8
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Reception

A

the action or process of receiving something sent

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9
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Wrangle

A

have a long and complicated dispute

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10
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Desolate

A

deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness.

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11
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Augment

A

make something greater by adding to it

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12
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Anarchy

A

a state of disorder due to absence

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13
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tract

A

an area of indefinite

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14
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Panorama

A

an unbroken view of the whole region surrounding an observer.

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15
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Ardent

A

enthusiastic

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